# A chiral Maxwell Demon

## TL;DR

This paper explores how chirality influences a Maxwell demon's ability to generate current in a quantum Hall system, highlighting the role of topological properties and asymmetric tunneling in thermodynamic performance.

## Contribution

It introduces a chiral Maxwell demon model in a quantum Hall bar, emphasizing the impact of topological features and energy-dependent tunneling on information-driven current control.

## Key findings

- Chirality enhances the demon’s ability to perform work.
- Asymmetric tunneling barriers are crucial for demon operation.
- Topological properties underpin the system's thermodynamic behavior.

## Abstract

We investigate the role of chirality on the performance of a Maxwell demon implemented in a quantum Hall bar with a localized impurity. Within a stochastic thermodynamics description we investigate the ability of such a demon to drive a current against a bias. We show that the ability of the demon to perform is directly related to its ability to extract information from the system. The key features of the proposed Maxwell demon are the topological properties of the quantum Hall system. The asymmetry of the electronic interactions felt at the localized state when the magnetic field is reversed joined to the fact that we consider energy dependent (and asymmetric) tunneling barriers that connect such state with the Hall edge modes allow the demon to properly work.